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technology. which is regarded as unique and more innovative than any other clothier out there, including technology-laden under armour. the ardor continues, the shorts get confounded ander, once again the quick draw types who don't bother to wait until the conference call get smoked to smithereens. it's not too late to buy lululemon. stick with cramer. >> announcer: it's a brutal full-contact sport. >> from the time the whistle blows -- >> traders bracing for what could turn out to be a wild session. >> -- to the last play of the game. >> markets absolutely getting hammered today. >> i know it's not easy, but i promise to keep fighting for you. >> announcer: jim cramer. leveling the playing field for all. >> the road is a tough one. but the payoff can be your greatest win of all. >> join "mad money's" training camp weeknights. i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time for christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from
technology. which is regarded as unique and more innovative than any other clothier out there, including technology-laden under armour. the ardor continues, the shorts get confounded ander, once again the quick draw types who don't bother to wait until the conference call get smoked to smithereens. it's not too late to buy lululemon. stick with cramer. >> announcer: it's a brutal full-contact sport. >> from the time the whistle blows -- >> traders bracing for what could turn...
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look at we're losing the technology and getting financials. perfect. >> all right. dan -- >> look, i agree. >> you're going to sell him what he wants to buy? >> i agree with the bullishness longer term. i think in the next, you know, zero to nine months, it's more like a fiscal cliff and we're b bungee jumping. the markets have done well. the fundamentals in corporate america have been way better than the economy. earnings growth and revenue growth in the s&p 500 has dramatically slowed since the second quarter. i think unfortunately one thing people are missing is that the uncertainty today is going to show up in the fundamentals in the first quarter, maybe even the first half of 2013. we still have a lot of issues in europe. andrea merkel has to get elected in the second half of next year. that's going to make it difficult for any pro-growth solutions to appear in europe. i think, frankly, i'm not that confident that the market hasn't already positively priced in a fiscal cliff resolution. i think the first half is like a bungee jump. >> so dan, cut through all of
look at we're losing the technology and getting financials. perfect. >> all right. dan -- >> look, i agree. >> you're going to sell him what he wants to buy? >> i agree with the bullishness longer term. i think in the next, you know, zero to nine months, it's more like a fiscal cliff and we're b bungee jumping. the markets have done well. the fundamentals in corporate america have been way better than the economy. earnings growth and revenue growth in the s&p 500 has...
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bank, speculative energy play, real technology company. man, you know what you need here, you need like bristol-myers or something like that. and certainly like let's put an industrial in there, how about honeywell? dave cote's doing a great job. that would spruce up this portfolio. do we have like -- are we r-rated? do we have like -- i think we're probably okay. i don't want the hollywood sensors to crack down on me. let's go to dave in wisconsin. dave? >> hey, big wisconsin boo-yah to ya. home of the harley davidson. >> yeah. >> caller: gis, general mills, proctor and gamble, pg, kellogg's, k, ibm, ibm, jpmorgan, jpm. am i diversified? >> i do have a harley in my garage. it's a great-looking machine and i'm proud of having it. kellogg's, i think that is -- battle creek, michigan, terrific food company, jpmorgan, good bank, general mills, well, wait a second, we've got two of a kind. that's a match game one. i'll come back to that. procter, my charitable trust bought today. ibm, also charitable trust. we're going to keep kellogg, we're g
bank, speculative energy play, real technology company. man, you know what you need here, you need like bristol-myers or something like that. and certainly like let's put an industrial in there, how about honeywell? dave cote's doing a great job. that would spruce up this portfolio. do we have like -- are we r-rated? do we have like -- i think we're probably okay. i don't want the hollywood sensors to crack down on me. let's go to dave in wisconsin. dave? >> hey, big wisconsin boo-yah to...
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include things like finger prints and eye ball scanning and serious improvements to voice recognition technology. >> research is fairly efficient. the catalysts are there. the big thing that you look at is the quantitative setup of the chart. if it is breaking down valuation is not a catalyst. the further you go on and onigate valuation being your catalyst the more wrong you could be. >> going back into early 70s when i saw international flavors and fragrances all had cool factors and it didn't matter. >> in terms of the technical break down below 50 as well as 200-day moving archlg. the 50-day may be moving lower and in danger of crossing the 200 which would be the death cross. creepy. your thoughts on apple? >> i was not that enthusiastic about apple. we had a pullback and i thought it was due to a technical bounce. i think the options market kind of agrees. the most active option was the weekly 575 put which expires this coming friday. bearish that the stock will be down. >>> the bulls taking over wall street in 201 as more and more release their forecast. should you buy for the long run? let
include things like finger prints and eye ball scanning and serious improvements to voice recognition technology. >> research is fairly efficient. the catalysts are there. the big thing that you look at is the quantitative setup of the chart. if it is breaking down valuation is not a catalyst. the further you go on and onigate valuation being your catalyst the more wrong you could be. >> going back into early 70s when i saw international flavors and fragrances all had cool factors...
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elsewhere south korean automakers and technology majors lent support to the kospi ending higher by 0.4%. in australia, banks rose on expectations of a rate cut. defensive stocks also helped push the asx 200 higher by 0.6%. sensex lost 0.2% today. back to you. >> thanks for that. have a good evening there. meanwhile in china, mainland's factories are printing out more goods. eunice has the details in this report from beijing. >> chinese factories appear to be recovering. the hsbc pmi and the government's official pmi both show a steady improvement for the industry in november. the hsbc pmi final reading came in at 50.5, that's the quickest expansion in over a year. the industry saw a pick up in new orders as well as stronger exports thanks in part to christmas demand. the concern is though about the unevenness of the recovery. the sub indices for employment as well as for small and medium sized companies ticked downwards and that suggested to some that the recovery is mainly led by investment and state owned enterprises. a bigger worry is about the outlook for external demand especially
elsewhere south korean automakers and technology majors lent support to the kospi ending higher by 0.4%. in australia, banks rose on expectations of a rate cut. defensive stocks also helped push the asx 200 higher by 0.6%. sensex lost 0.2% today. back to you. >> thanks for that. have a good evening there. meanwhile in china, mainland's factories are printing out more goods. eunice has the details in this report from beijing. >> chinese factories appear to be recovering. the hsbc pmi...
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south korea losses in automakers were offset by gains in technology shares and ship builders. meanwhile australia's asx 200 up nearly 1% today with miners and banks gaining knmomentum. sensex lower by 0.5%. >> thank you for that. a one meert high tsunami has hit the ming a sgi prefecture in japan after an earthquake struck. the quake rocked buildings as far as tokyo. all nuclear plants and refiners are operating as normal. we did see the dollar yen hit a session on -- or the yen hitting a session high. we have a little bit higher, the yen right now, 82.37. peter styles is joining us for more. >> we've had six earthquakes, decreasing in magnitude. we had the 7.3, a lot smaller than the one which devastated japan on fukushima. it's probably at least 500 times less in energy. and so we've had a sequence of 7.3, 6.2 and then going through 5.5 down to 4.8. so a cluster of earthquakes. they're relatively shallow, which means they're at the outer rim of where they're generated, which is why probably the devastation isn't enormous. and the earthquake mechanism is one which would tend
south korea losses in automakers were offset by gains in technology shares and ship builders. meanwhile australia's asx 200 up nearly 1% today with miners and banks gaining knmomentum. sensex lower by 0.5%. >> thank you for that. a one meert high tsunami has hit the ming a sgi prefecture in japan after an earthquake struck. the quake rocked buildings as far as tokyo. all nuclear plants and refiners are operating as normal. we did see the dollar yen hit a session on -- or the yen hitting a...
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the technology, not the technicals will again matter. so sellers, keep all that in mind. right now the calendar, the chart, the tax codes all are against the stock. four weeks from now, they're in your favor. to me, that says it might be too late to sell. and if apple dips below $500 again, it's -- >> buy, buy, buy! >> caller: hey, jim, i'm curious about how you feel about the great, efficient service company netflix since the disney licensing agreement. >> welm, i was surprised. this wasn't necessarily something that great for netflix, but people said, you know what? there's a pulse in netflix, it's not dying, and the shorts panicked and the stock is going up. me, i think if they did what my friend david faber wants them to do, close international, the stock will go through the roof. but if they keep losing cash over there, it's time to -- ca-ching. eventually it's too cheap to ignore and then it's time to take a bite, the apple dog, the market tail, it won't always stay that way. don't move, "lightning round" coming up. with the spark cash card from capital one, sven ge
the technology, not the technicals will again matter. so sellers, keep all that in mind. right now the calendar, the chart, the tax codes all are against the stock. four weeks from now, they're in your favor. to me, that says it might be too late to sell. and if apple dips below $500 again, it's -- >> buy, buy, buy! >> caller: hey, jim, i'm curious about how you feel about the great, efficient service company netflix since the disney licensing agreement. >> welm, i was...
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this technology is mostly being used in europe and it has been rolled out by various european retailers. they're just right now introducing it here in the u.s. maybe they'll be willing to rent one to you. >> thank you, julia. now we here at "fast money" are crack staff here, we have obtained exclusive video of these manny cams in action. >> our fashionable trader apparently went on a little shopping spree before the show. >> oh, no. >> for women's clothing. >>> what are you shopping for? >> oh, no, guy. >> is that the man zee. >> i didn't know they were in the states yet. busted. >> forever 21. >> forever 21. >> just a little shopping before the show. >> do you feel young, forever 1. did you buy anything? >> i like that. >> rabbit skin? >> it's really disturbing though. i thought i was in there on the lamb and i guess you guys sort of made me. >> we found you. we found you. >> ridonkulous. >> let's end a trend here. why not. guy? tell us. >> well, it's interesting that veri phone, the symbol is pay. if you see what ebay has done, this stock has been grim death since may or so. it's trad
this technology is mostly being used in europe and it has been rolled out by various european retailers. they're just right now introducing it here in the u.s. maybe they'll be willing to rent one to you. >> thank you, julia. now we here at "fast money" are crack staff here, we have obtained exclusive video of these manny cams in action. >> our fashionable trader apparently went on a little shopping spree before the show. >> oh, no. >> for women's clothing....
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one of the things that's happening that's driving this, okay, is that there's new technology. american technology that's able to access oil that the big guys have given up on whether it be exxon given up on energy 21 has or bp and it turns out that these fines may have been bigger so pxp takes advantage of the fact there's new technology. pxp is a deal maker but ready to trade because capital gains taxes are going up. could be a fiscal cliff. the gulf is hotter than it's ever been even a few years ago it was ice cold. >> big story in the journal about exploration in this country. production 15-year high. brand new chapter here. look at the bottom of your screen. citigroup is cutting 11,000 jobs. we want to get to kayla tausche with more on that. >> we have a release that just hit the wire in citigroup where those jobs are coming from and a charge that the company plans to take in the fourth quarter because of these job cuts even though it expects them to generate $900 million in cost savings next year. interestingly this is the first move toward really slimming down citi by th
one of the things that's happening that's driving this, okay, is that there's new technology. american technology that's able to access oil that the big guys have given up on whether it be exxon given up on energy 21 has or bp and it turns out that these fines may have been bigger so pxp takes advantage of the fact there's new technology. pxp is a deal maker but ready to trade because capital gains taxes are going up. could be a fiscal cliff. the gulf is hotter than it's ever been even a few...
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we went down to metal technologies an auto parts supplier just out of bloomington, indiana, they have five to seven jobs they're ready to fill but they can't fill. in fact, they've had situations where they've had applicants come in, they've hired them and then the people who have been hired have said, do you know what, no thanks, i'd rather stay unemployed. >> we've had people that we've interviewed, that we've agreed to hire, and at the end of the day, they've turned around and said we're not going to take that job. we just found out that unemployment benefits have been extended and they don't take the job. >> that is a common story in the manufacturing industry. this is a big deal because 33% of the auto final assembly plants in the u.s. now run three shifts. you need to fill the second and third shifts. in fact, when you look at the auto parts suppliers over half of them run three shifts. guys, the bottom line is this, if the manufacturers cannot fill the second and third shift openings, they're going to go to light manufacturing, but there's a lot of demand that they're not able
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two technology stocks are on the list. neither of them is apple. >> no, although we have a story on apple in the issue. these are not our picks. so we have align technology as one of them. align is best known for making invisalign, which is a retainer that fixes your teeth. tom cruise has used it. i've used it. you can't underestimate the vanity of american people. the big market is teenagers. >> teenagers and magazine editors. >> apparently. >> and pent air. >> yes, it this makes filtration devices that helps homes and hotels and spas run their water morefacient efficiently. >> was there a theme throughout this list? what's the theme in terms of how they selected these names? >> the theme is given how uncertain everything is, we picked fund managers that have a great record that beat their piers, have an extended tenure of management, so they've been there for a while. we just asked them in their particular niches what are their best ideas. the theme is just, you know, what are the best ways to get through this. >> people
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it hurts everybody. >> so risk assets being, what, technology? what does that mean, technology? >> not necessarily. we would stay with dividend payers. we would also dip our toe into europe into some very high-quality, multicountry stocks there. mostly on consumer discretionary stocks as well. >> george, we haven't forgotten you yet. scott, i have a question for you. just noticed today france and germany's stock markets hit 52-week highs. we're still wringing our hands over the debt crisis, and the equity markets are hitting new highs for the year. is it too late to get into those markets? >> i don't think so, bill, at all. all the european markets are up for the year except portugal, which is up slightly. even greece is up year to date. i don't think you're too late on that trade at all. in fact, i think, quite frankly, the structural changes that are happening in europe could produce growth for many years come. >> where are you putting money to work, george? >> the fiscal cliff is sort of the uncertainty du jour. people are always worried about next uncertainty. you need to bl
it hurts everybody. >> so risk assets being, what, technology? what does that mean, technology? >> not necessarily. we would stay with dividend payers. we would also dip our toe into europe into some very high-quality, multicountry stocks there. mostly on consumer discretionary stocks as well. >> george, we haven't forgotten you yet. scott, i have a question for you. just noticed today france and germany's stock markets hit 52-week highs. we're still wringing our hands over...
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so one area, technology particularly with the selloff recently. the sector ice cheap relative to the rest of the market. still has an exceptionally high r.o.e. and is very leveled to the inner national growth. another place to look, mega caps. this is one part of the market. very inexpensive and most profitable. the rop is about 30% so you're getting stocks at a cheap price that are making a lot of money. >> russ, good to talk to you. we'll see you again. rugsz koesterich from blackrock. what do you think? >> i look to the financials. the reason is because as we get closer and closer to the end of the year and everyone is concerned about the fiscal cliff, i'm still of the belief we're going to put a band-aid on it. and if you look at the financials, look at all the activity. as a matter of fact, earlier we had over a million contracts trade. 850,000 of which were on the cal side. so, judge, people are looking at bank of america, aig, jpmorgan, citi. you talked about citi earlier for a lot of different reasons. i have a feeling -- >> give me a look
so one area, technology particularly with the selloff recently. the sector ice cheap relative to the rest of the market. still has an exceptionally high r.o.e. and is very leveled to the inner national growth. another place to look, mega caps. this is one part of the market. very inexpensive and most profitable. the rop is about 30% so you're getting stocks at a cheap price that are making a lot of money. >> russ, good to talk to you. we'll see you again. rugsz koesterich from blackrock....
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impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. >> do you think they're going to find a solution? >> we know a lot about what the opportunities are if we don't. >> they don't want negotiate in public, obviously. >> we encourage congress to put aside the political rhetoric and rise above it to make sure we have revenue necessary in order to move this economy forward. >>> final thoughts and predictiones from our guest host, barry knapp and richard bernstein. barry, what would you tell investors to do right now, you know, for the next month and then next year? >> for the next month, i have defensively positioned. what's worked in an environment where the fed is monetizing debt is
impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. >> do you think they're going...
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getting a modest up side from technology stocks as dell got an upgrade today. >>> finally i just want to point out, another day gold is up, gold stocks are to the downside. this has been going on for a long time. take a look here. there's gold for the year. there's gold stocks. look at this underperformance for gold stocks. this has been happening because people more and more are putting money when they want to be in gold and inflation into the gold directly rather than the gold stocks. again this has been a trend for a while now and it is accentuated. general motors, even though numbers were a little bit disappointing, remember truck sales a little disappointsing, gm has a whole new fleet of trucks coming out. i think a lot of people don't get that point of it. stock was just down about 1% today. >> we'll talk more about auto sales later on in the show. >>> meantime, rick santelli, what are we seeing on the bond side of things? >> at one point today we were close to 1.66% yield in 10s which are now back almost to unchanged. that 1.60% is like a magnet, mandy. yes, the ism report, rat
getting a modest up side from technology stocks as dell got an upgrade today. >>> finally i just want to point out, another day gold is up, gold stocks are to the downside. this has been going on for a long time. take a look here. there's gold for the year. there's gold stocks. look at this underperformance for gold stocks. this has been happening because people more and more are putting money when they want to be in gold and inflation into the gold directly rather than the gold...
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jack bogle using computers, technology. i love that. good stuff. you look well, my friend. thank you for joining us. always good to see you. >> always good to be with you guys. thank you. >> take care. jack bogle joining us today from pennsylvania. all right. he's the real deal. if you don't know who jack bogle is, google him. buy his books. great wisdom on investing. >>> the bias seems to be to the upside as we head towards the close. the dow up 23 points right now. >> and after the break we'll be talking burgers. be if you could only eat one burger, one for the rest of your life would it be mcdonald's or burger king or wendy's? forget that. what if you could only own one of those two stocks. which would it be? the battle of the burger companies up next. >>> be sure to check out cnbc's list of 2012 predictions that didn't come true. number seven on that was a double dip recession here in the united states. although widely anticipated by many economists, it didn't happen. at least not this year. what about next year? stay tuned. help you? i heard you guys can ship ground fo
jack bogle using computers, technology. i love that. good stuff. you look well, my friend. thank you for joining us. always good to see you. >> always good to be with you guys. thank you. >> take care. jack bogle joining us today from pennsylvania. all right. he's the real deal. if you don't know who jack bogle is, google him. buy his books. great wisdom on investing. >>> the bias seems to be to the upside as we head towards the close. the dow up 23 points right now....
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spin off of the security technology business. the unit is the smallest of the business segments but it announced a $2 billion share buyback and a 31% dividend increase. information management solutions provider, intermeck is being bought by honeywell. about a 25% premium. apple, jefferies -- jefferies cutting its price target to 800 from 900. so, you know, i don't know if you can use that in your analysis of what to do with it but jefferies no longer thinks that it should be 900. now looking at 800. i don't know, i guess finally figured out what the quote was and hid it into his machine and said wait a minute, 900? let's go to 800. and expedia is among the latest batch of companies to declare a special dividend in advance of the end of the year. also, "washington post" accelerating all its 2013 dividends. big supporter of the president, but not above paying their dividends to avoid the taxes. >>> when we come back, the path to fiscal compromise. south dakota senator boone thune is making his way to the "squawk" set. also the ceo
spin off of the security technology business. the unit is the smallest of the business segments but it announced a $2 billion share buyback and a 31% dividend increase. information management solutions provider, intermeck is being bought by honeywell. about a 25% premium. apple, jefferies -- jefferies cutting its price target to 800 from 900. so, you know, i don't know if you can use that in your analysis of what to do with it but jefferies no longer thinks that it should be 900. now looking at...
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yes, technology detection has increased. >> you know about them more than the s.e.c. does? is everybody telling you about it? >> the number i always heard was that less than 5% of insider cases are actually discovered and prosecuted. is that not a fact? >> i have no idea. and i don't think anybody has an idea that it's a fact. i think that people like to talk about it because it's exciting. it's like sex, drugs, and rock and roll. insider trading fits in as the fourth headline. >> we've got to leave it there. we'd love to talk more about it. especially sex, drugs, and alcohol. >> by the way i should point out i know i'm nitpicking but martha stewart didn't go for insider trading. she was convicted for lying to law enforcement officials. she was not convicted on the charge of insider trading. >> good to clarify these things. absolutely. >>> on we go. some software companies that create smart phone applications might have violated the privacy of children. julia boorstein joins us now with the full story. this is kind of disturbing. >> yes, mandy. absolutely. i think all paren
yes, technology detection has increased. >> you know about them more than the s.e.c. does? is everybody telling you about it? >> the number i always heard was that less than 5% of insider cases are actually discovered and prosecuted. is that not a fact? >> i have no idea. and i don't think anybody has an idea that it's a fact. i think that people like to talk about it because it's exciting. it's like sex, drugs, and rock and roll. insider trading fits in as the fourth...
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we have globally used technology, let's say. but we don't have the global legal architecture to deal with that yet. and it will take a long while. we have many treaties that put in place norms and rules, but we don't have an international authority that's responsible for dealing with counterfeiting which is a cross border activity. and so we're left with a situation in which we know that in the last few years, tinter national community has been very good at laws and not so good at compliance. why not? because compliance, to see whether a law is being complied with, you have to go into a country and look at its internal workings. and no country likes international organizations to come in and make an evaluation of them and whether they're compliance or not. so it's a stage of maturity of the international community that we have not yet reached. >> with the dominance of the internet, do you agree that ip rights are doomed? >> we can't underestimate the profoundty of the change that's happening. you know, this is every bit as big a
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technology is a sector we continue to see our clients busy in. and in consumer and industrial, we're seeing increased level of divesti divestity chur activity. so that's again we could see plenty of good assets coming into market. >> all right, martin, thanks for that. i know it's still early doors. just a reminder on the agenda today in the united states, weekly jobless claims at 8:30 eastern. forecast to drop by 18,000 to a total of 375,000. on the earnings front, look for results today from h&r block, cibc, td bank, smithfield foods, harry winston diamonds and eclectic bunch of companies. still to come, what other rate risks lie ahead in 2013. an outlook from moody analytics. still to come, what other rate >>> here will your headlines today from around the world. timothy geithner tells cnbc the swhous prepared to go over the fiscal cliff if republicans don't give in on higher taxes on the wealthy. no change seen at the ecb, draghi expected to hold off on rate and bond purchases as he awaits spain's request for help. the central bank may cut it
technology is a sector we continue to see our clients busy in. and in consumer and industrial, we're seeing increased level of divesti divestity chur activity. so that's again we could see plenty of good assets coming into market. >> all right, martin, thanks for that. i know it's still early doors. just a reminder on the agenda today in the united states, weekly jobless claims at 8:30 eastern. forecast to drop by 18,000 to a total of 375,000. on the earnings front, look for results today...
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now there's new technology every year. snowboarding is taking-46. >> which is i didn't like to rent my skis so i always have the latest. i buy my boots, will you like to rent my key. >> i've looked at those pictures and i'm salivating at the prospect of booking a few trips. so thanks very much indeed. oracle is the latest among a group of companies who aim to speed up dividend payments. liarry ellison did not tapt part in the decision, but he'll benefit. he'll receive $198 million for his 23% stake. oracle stock nevertheless down slightly. three quarters of a percent. hugh johnson is chairman chief investment officer at hugh johnson advisers. dividend buy backs -- differepa how big a theme? >> not a big one. every investor is really difference. you have to shape depending on the investor. i think generally speaking our expectation is, yes, capital gains taxes will go up to about 23.8%. differenvidends will for the go the ordinary tax rates i don't believe, but they'll go up. they're trying to find losses to offset it. obvi
now there's new technology every year. snowboarding is taking-46. >> which is i didn't like to rent my skis so i always have the latest. i buy my boots, will you like to rent my key. >> i've looked at those pictures and i'm salivating at the prospect of booking a few trips. so thanks very much indeed. oracle is the latest among a group of companies who aim to speed up dividend payments. liarry ellison did not tapt part in the decision, but he'll benefit. he'll receive $198 million...
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to be aunt consum -- anti-consumer, the government feels it will actually create jobs, will bring in technology, will create infrastructure in the supply chain so currently a debate of we are expecting the lower parts of parliament to take a vote on this matter about 7:00 p.m. india time. it seems like it will go through the low herb house, but the big question mark is on the upper house of parliament and that is where the arithmetic doesn't seem to be working in favor of government. foreign investors are going to be watching this very closely because if this is turned back, if there is a u-turn on this poll circumstance it means that walmart cannot open shop here in india. for now, it's back to you. >> thanks for that. that's the latest. we'll see what happens. >>> now over to japan, where election timing may spell budget delays. we have the story from tokyo. >> the election campaign has officially kicked off in japan, but there are worries the budget is not likely to be ready pi the end of this year. they will likely call a special session to elect a new prime minister, then select a cabinet
to be aunt consum -- anti-consumer, the government feels it will actually create jobs, will bring in technology, will create infrastructure in the supply chain so currently a debate of we are expecting the lower parts of parliament to take a vote on this matter about 7:00 p.m. india time. it seems like it will go through the low herb house, but the big question mark is on the upper house of parliament and that is where the arithmetic doesn't seem to be working in favor of government. foreign...
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we have a technology platform. you're going to see us in a big particular in europe, and that's going to lead to a much bigger -- >> is there any dangerous in an industry at large, one overbuilding? getting them into the hole they have classically gotten themselves into? >> no one's building any hotels as you mentioned, the ones that are getting built are special sponsorship with special support. and what's happening in the hotel business, we're getting steady demand growth, so with no new supply, no new hotels coming on until at least 2015, the hotel business is strong for the next few years. in '15 and '16 when the money coming back, but this is a long-term run for the business because we have had such a slow recovery. >> the ceo of city ty became off last week. he's saying he's seen softness. he's seen softness last month and this month. what are you seeing at the moment in your business ". >> we had a very strong through three-quarters, we haven't announced our earnings yet, but if you follow smith travel, nove
we have a technology platform. you're going to see us in a big particular in europe, and that's going to lead to a much bigger -- >> is there any dangerous in an industry at large, one overbuilding? getting them into the hole they have classically gotten themselves into? >> no one's building any hotels as you mentioned, the ones that are getting built are special sponsorship with special support. and what's happening in the hotel business, we're getting steady demand growth, so with...
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that the exciting part of america is we have the world's greatest technology. i want to point it out. many companies are private. >> santelli has -- >> you have to be kidding. rick santelli here. welcome. my goodness. 74 74.5. i had to double-check that one many times. we're coming off numbers at 82.7 for number. 82.6 for october. those are close. the best numbers since the fall of '07. this 74.5 is a really big drop that takes you to the weakest numbers since august when we had a series of weaker numbers. now, whether superstorm sandy had an effect i can't tell you. what i can tell you is that this is a preliminary december read and all comps i'm giving you are final reads. this will change in a couple of weeks. on the surface, not a very good number. the response in the marketplace, not a huge response at this point but remember the market still trying to digest real from memory with regard to actual positives of the jobs report and it's a weekend. back to you. >> thanks a lot, rick. rick santelli. it does sort of point to a market that some argue is overly h
that the exciting part of america is we have the world's greatest technology. i want to point it out. many companies are private. >> santelli has -- >> you have to be kidding. rick santelli here. welcome. my goodness. 74 74.5. i had to double-check that one many times. we're coming off numbers at 82.7 for number. 82.6 for october. those are close. the best numbers since the fall of '07. this 74.5 is a really big drop that takes you to the weakest numbers since august when we had a...
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technology, health care and industrials moving to the upside. we are seeing weakness, so in financials as well as telecoms today. i also want to point out the outperformance we're seeing in hardware stocks. all of this despite the weakness we have seen in apple recently. the new york, nyse computer hardware index outperforming since the beginning of december, having its strongest five-day run in four months, and since the beginning of the month, it is up just about 5.8%. who are the leaders in this group? take a look. we're seeing strength in seagate and hewlett-packard up today, of course, because there's been some chatter about a possible breakup. but these are the stocks moving higher. again, as i point out, despite some of the weakness we have seen in apple, this is a group that has been performing very well. retailers mixed to slightly weaker, of course in the wake of the same-store sales numbers that were disappointing. ahead of thursday, retail sales numbers for the month of november, take a look at some of the retailers. jcpenney is movi
technology, health care and industrials moving to the upside. we are seeing weakness, so in financials as well as telecoms today. i also want to point out the outperformance we're seeing in hardware stocks. all of this despite the weakness we have seen in apple recently. the new york, nyse computer hardware index outperforming since the beginning of december, having its strongest five-day run in four months, and since the beginning of the month, it is up just about 5.8%. who are the leaders in...
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it's highly leveraged towards new technology and medicine and that's one of the great things about good old silver. it really is a performing metal for the good and the bad. >> john, what is the silver market telling you about the global economy and going forward, maybe in north america, europe versus asia. >> i think what the silver market is telling us, it's an extremely volatile metal and i think today you're seeing that volatility playing out. it sits well over $30 and it's been sitting at well over $30 for long term. but what we're seeing in business is it's being driven by macro behavior by investors. investors are really looking at the u.s. position, and their judgment about what they invest in is very much driven by that. so a lot of money going into the likes of the etf, rather than into equities. there's a huge value gap between equities and the silver metal. ultimately that will get arbitrized. >> we want to thank you for joining us today and congratulations on this new find. >> thank you for having me. >>> still to come on "squawk box," the word of the day from morgan stanle
it's highly leveraged towards new technology and medicine and that's one of the great things about good old silver. it really is a performing metal for the good and the bad. >> john, what is the silver market telling you about the global economy and going forward, maybe in north america, europe versus asia. >> i think what the silver market is telling us, it's an extremely volatile metal and i think today you're seeing that volatility playing out. it sits well over $30 and it's been...
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i would point out, technology has been an upgrade over at goex and the overall technology sector, tough time in the hardware group doing better today. so there is an outlier in tech. as for the ism, what was going on here, really there was very little good news. take a look. the overall number, the headline number, lowest since july 2009. the employment component in this, lowest since september 2009. that's probably the second-most watched component of that. so there wasn't a heck of a lot of good news in this thing. manufacturing overall, just weaker. and you can't blame it on sandy. i'm sorry. rick was mentioning this before. look at the ism chairman, what he had to say. the chair of the committee. the second half of the year continues to show a slow down in demand that's been down -- moving down since the middle of the year. the responsibilities on the fiscal cliff -- if the program put in place is more taxes and big spending cuts, which will push us toward a recession, forgive it. and that's what we're getting. more taxes and big spending cuts. so the idea here is this sort of overa
i would point out, technology has been an upgrade over at goex and the overall technology sector, tough time in the hardware group doing better today. so there is an outlier in tech. as for the ism, what was going on here, really there was very little good news. take a look. the overall number, the headline number, lowest since july 2009. the employment component in this, lowest since september 2009. that's probably the second-most watched component of that. so there wasn't a heck of a lot of...
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those are things like growing debt, globalization, technology and our ageing population. now, that speaks to something, ken, that i've warned about repeatly on this show. the challenges are significant. they come from europe and asia and old and failing instruction here in the united states. massive debt. americans have the right to expect their leaders to tackle large problems. what do we do? >> well, i think this point that it's not just what happens this month, this year, how with regoing to move forward? grow this economy? because this problem of debt comes from really from our ageing population. from our having to compete with the rest of the world and you know, you talk about this tax hike that we have, it's not enough to close the gap. i mean, the idea that the middle class is going to get away from this without paying most of it without entitlements being cut, that is nuts. i mean, eventually, that's going to happen. they're not going to admit it now. you don't want to do that in the middle of the recession. >> diane, one of the argument that is say the fiscal cli
those are things like growing debt, globalization, technology and our ageing population. now, that speaks to something, ken, that i've warned about repeatly on this show. the challenges are significant. they come from europe and asia and old and failing instruction here in the united states. massive debt. americans have the right to expect their leaders to tackle large problems. what do we do? >> well, i think this point that it's not just what happens this month, this year, how with...
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dan simons, you cover things technology here. apple's been under pressure to move production back here, back to the u.s. why now? >> reporter: well, you know, they've been under pressure to do this for sometime. something to do with the human rights an i buss in the plants and here's an opportunity to give back, you know, something to the american economy. the way you look at things is, you know, the company is going to be spending $100 million in terms of bringing back jobs to the u.s. some may say $100 million, you know, is not a lot of money considering that apple has more than $100 billion in the bank. but i think this is a positive sign in terms of how many workers we're talking about here -- >> how many jobs? >> reporter: we don't know precisely or the skills necessary. it's a great question. probably in the thousands of jobs. remember, this is one existing mac line. this is not the iphone or ipad. one line but probably in the thousands, brooke. >> in the thousands. and so, apple chock eed up the one-day stock drop. do you
dan simons, you cover things technology here. apple's been under pressure to move production back here, back to the u.s. why now? >> reporter: well, you know, they've been under pressure to do this for sometime. something to do with the human rights an i buss in the plants and here's an opportunity to give back, you know, something to the american economy. the way you look at things is, you know, the company is going to be spending $100 million in terms of bringing back jobs to the u.s....
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. >> they want to be a technology center, a financial center, and for those industries, being a right to work is an asset. >> the cost structure has come down significantly. if you look at job growth in michigan, it's actually been very strong in the the economic recovery, in part because of of the cost structure. >> i'm taking you out of your comfort zones a little bit. not you all, so everybody feel free to chime in. what caught my attention was a column today by ross dalpot in the "new york times" who wrote, this chapter, the demint chapter, the tea party chapter, call it what you will, was probably a necessary stage for the american right. it's a norm -- now his -- the whole gist of this column is that jim demint's time is up for the tea party? >> what he has said is that he does feel like he was successful in getting about half a dozen te party backed republicans in the senate who would not have been there if not for him. it is also true that he had some important candidate who is did not win and you can bet that senator mcconnell heard that senator demint is coming -- >> and of
. >> they want to be a technology center, a financial center, and for those industries, being a right to work is an asset. >> the cost structure has come down significantly. if you look at job growth in michigan, it's actually been very strong in the the economic recovery, in part because of of the cost structure. >> i'm taking you out of your comfort zones a little bit. not you all, so everybody feel free to chime in. what caught my attention was a column today by ross dalpot...
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the military has seen this quantum stealth technology. it works by bending the light around an object, even conceal most of a person's shadow. imagine what that could do for a sniper hiding in a field or the american pilots who ejected over libya when their fighter jets crashed last year. >> they could actually pull out very similar to what they carry with a survival blanket, throw it over top on them and unless you walked into them you wouldn't know they were there. >> reporter: what was once firmly in the world of make-believe, could quickly become quite real. and the science is in the special fabric. you don't need a power source or some instruction manual to make it work. theoretically, any soldier, even in the most remote location, could quickly put it on and put it to work. chris lawrence, cnn, the pen gone. >> pretty remarkable. >> i'll say. >>> 45 minutes past the hour. a check on some of the morning's top stories ahead, including a turf war on the internet. why your photo of today's breakfast may not reach as many people. oh, the
the military has seen this quantum stealth technology. it works by bending the light around an object, even conceal most of a person's shadow. imagine what that could do for a sniper hiding in a field or the american pilots who ejected over libya when their fighter jets crashed last year. >> they could actually pull out very similar to what they carry with a survival blanket, throw it over top on them and unless you walked into them you wouldn't know they were there. >> reporter:...
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the discounted tuition for majors in engineering, science, health care and technology. how do you feel about that? >> i think it's a good thing. look, way back in the beginning of federal student loans, the federal student loans were for math and science, areas of economy the government after the world war ii was eager to get filled. and there are a lot of people who talk about using, you know, incentives like lower tuition or federally backed student loans for areas in the economy that we need to be focusing on. otherwise, you know, there are kids who are not all stem majors. so that's a problem, too. >> there's the problem. >> the argument for the humanities is often that learning how to learn, learning skills in the humanities sometimes sets you up for any number of things including, perhaps, working in the stem fields. z >> you're right. the highest paid humanities majors are in the stem fields. there's a huge pricetag difference if you stick around for another 25 minutes i'll tell you. >> okay, we appreciate. that. >> just one of the reasons to stick around for at
the discounted tuition for majors in engineering, science, health care and technology. how do you feel about that? >> i think it's a good thing. look, way back in the beginning of federal student loans, the federal student loans were for math and science, areas of economy the government after the world war ii was eager to get filled. and there are a lot of people who talk about using, you know, incentives like lower tuition or federally backed student loans for areas in the economy that...
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ads about improving education and that is because we're not training enough people in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. what we have to do is dramatically ramp up the number of kids that we are producing who are in those fields and are capable and competent in those fields. until we do that, we're not going to be competitive and more companies, high tech companies in particular, where they can export, will do that because it will be cheaper and more efficient. >> i totally agree. you have to remove the excuse. joel stein, sum up for me what the priorities should be for president obama. he has his second term, doesn't need to worry about being re-elected. he can be bold if he wants to be. everyone talks about jobs, jobs, jobs but charles may have hit the nail on the head there. it is probably about education and training for america above almost anything else. >> i was waiting for obama to ask me what he needs to do the next four years. i think what he needs to deal with is our long-term problems because he doesn't need to be re-elected. that's education and that's i
ads about improving education and that is because we're not training enough people in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. what we have to do is dramatically ramp up the number of kids that we are producing who are in those fields and are capable and competent in those fields. until we do that, we're not going to be competitive and more companies, high tech companies in particular, where they can export, will do that because it will be cheaper and more efficient....
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of technology. this scan eagle drone, no one is all that concerned about that type of drone anyway because it doesn't really have all of the valuable technology, it's readily available on the market. >> they're pretty small, too. whether or not latest one was american, it does look largely undamaged, which you know the iranians say they hacked it electronically. if that is the case, what does it say about iranian technical capabilities and the need of the u.s. and others to combat that if they can hijack a drone in midair? >> well, right now michael it doesn't say anything because nobody knows how iran got a hold of this, like we said. so doesn't really say anything about their technical capabilities. last week, iran -- several weeks ago the u.s. claimed that it shot down -- tried to shoot down another u.s. predator drone. again a much more valuable piece of machinery but the americans said that it didn't reach that drone and last year, careful to note that the americans said that iran did not shoot
of technology. this scan eagle drone, no one is all that concerned about that type of drone anyway because it doesn't really have all of the valuable technology, it's readily available on the market. >> they're pretty small, too. whether or not latest one was american, it does look largely undamaged, which you know the iranians say they hacked it electronically. if that is the case, what does it say about iranian technical capabilities and the need of the u.s. and others to combat that if...
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those are things like growing debt, globalization, technology and our aging population. that speaks to something i have warned about repeatedly on the show. challenges to the u.s. economy are significant. they come from europe and asia, old infrastructure in the united states, massive debt. americans have a right to expect leaders to tackle large problem. as one of the leading authorities on financial crises, what do we do? >> i think this point that it's not just what happens this month how are we going to move forward, grow this economy because this problem of debt comes from our aging population. you talk about the tax hike we have. it's not enough to close the gap. the idea that the middle class will get away from this without paying most of it. without entitlements being cut, that's nuts. eventually that will happen. they won't admit it now. we are just beginning. this is a skirmish in a longer war. >> diane, one of the arguments of those that say the fiscal cliff discussion is over blown is deployed at the resilience of the stock market. the s&p is up 12% for the y
those are things like growing debt, globalization, technology and our aging population. that speaks to something i have warned about repeatedly on the show. challenges to the u.s. economy are significant. they come from europe and asia, old infrastructure in the united states, massive debt. americans have a right to expect leaders to tackle large problem. as one of the leading authorities on financial crises, what do we do? >> i think this point that it's not just what happens this month...
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their power back in two days, because with a smart grid, that's simply mixing up modern information technology with that ancient electrical grid we have got with smart meters and digital routers and sensors, they were able to figure out where the problems were on their grid and rout power around it, instead of trying to send out a million trucks to find out where their lines are down and find out who was without power, they were able to get things rolling within two days. >> when you're talking about the senator grid, one of those things is to improve the usability of the smart grid to allow for two-way communications with things like smart meters, it can heche utilities pinpoint the out an and it also means lower operational costs for utilities and one hopes for consumers, brookings investigates that -- 2009 and 2014. it is there the political will to increase investment in this sort of thing because we are used to the lights going on when we switch them on, so question don't think we need to spend a lot of money on these things. >> exactly. infrastructure is something people don't think abou
their power back in two days, because with a smart grid, that's simply mixing up modern information technology with that ancient electrical grid we have got with smart meters and digital routers and sensors, they were able to figure out where the problems were on their grid and rout power around it, instead of trying to send out a million trucks to find out where their lines are down and find out who was without power, they were able to get things rolling within two days. >> when you're...
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its technological advantages put it in another league. the palestinian authority affirms israel's existence and works with it regularly. iran remains a threat. it is isolated, contained by few other countries in history. there's discontempt at home, and faces the combined opposition of the secular arab states. amidst the disorder, a broader contest for regional power. israel has the most powerful economy and military, but lacks political power for obvious reasons. turkey has economic and military power, but it also has growing regional clout. egypt is the natural leader of the arab world but it's not in a position to dominate. its economy is shambles, its military is second rate. the public opposition has been reassuring. the middle east is a complex region that is changing fast. grand generalizations about it are likely to be undone by events. but it is a more vibrant, energetic, open, even democratic place than the middle east a generation ago. for more, read my column in this week's "time" magazine. let's get started. >>> it was a week
its technological advantages put it in another league. the palestinian authority affirms israel's existence and works with it regularly. iran remains a threat. it is isolated, contained by few other countries in history. there's discontempt at home, and faces the combined opposition of the secular arab states. amidst the disorder, a broader contest for regional power. israel has the most powerful economy and military, but lacks political power for obvious reasons. turkey has economic and...